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Plant Care Sheets
The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to perform a Google search for images and information on many of these plants.
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to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Adelia | Adelia obovata | Large shrub |   |
 | | Desert rose | Adenium hybrids (red) | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Huachuca agave | Agave parryi var. huachucensis | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Agave sp. | Agave sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Aloe | Aloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub |  |
| | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | White bursage | Ambrosia dumosa | Small shrub | |
| | Yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vining groundcover | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub |  |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Sundrop | Calylophus drummondianus | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum | Small shrub | |
| | Balloon vine | Cardiospermum corindum | Vine | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Netleaf hackberry | Celtis reticulata | Tree | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Tree | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) discectum | Perennial | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona cypress | Cupressus arizonica | Tree | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Oakwoods prairie clover | Dalea versicolor | Medium shrub | |
| | Toothless desert spoon | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Uruguayan firecracker plant | Dicliptera squarrosa (D. suberecta) | Perennial | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Golden barrel | Echinocactus grusonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Eupatorium saggitatum | Medium shrub | |
| | Slipper flower | Euphorbia (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) lomellii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Slipper flower | Euphorbia lomellii (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Morrocan spurge | Euphorbia resinifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | cactus spurge | Euphorbia species | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | African milk tree | Euphorbia trigonis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Pineapple Guava | Feijoa sellowiana | Large shrub | |
| | Devil's tongue barrel | Ferocactus latispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris (mounted on a rock) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Giant Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus biseptus | Perennial | |
| | California Satintail | Imperata brevifolia | Grass | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican sunflower hybrid | Lagascea x Tithonia | ||
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Green Cloud™ | Leucophyllum frutescens | Large shrub | |
| | Rio Bravo | Leucophyllum langmaniae Rio Bravo ® | Medium shrub | |
| | Convent Texas Ranger | Leucophyllum x convent | Medium shrub | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. Monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Twisted sister | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus spiralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Anderson Wolfberry | Lycium andersonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium berlandieri | Medium shrub | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | Large shrub | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsoni | Medium tree | |
| | Sonoran brittlestem | Mabrya geniculata | Small shrub | |
| | Catclaw vine | Macfadyena unguis-cati | Large vine | |
| | Texas tuberose | Manfreda maculosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa (Acacia) millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phyllanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Autumn Glow™ | Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Grass | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nelson Beargrass | Nolina nelsonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou' | Perennial | |
| | Long-spined prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Blind prickly pear | Opuntia rufida | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylandica | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Paper flower | Psilostrophe cooperi | Small shrub | |
| | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Starrfire red skullcap | Scutellaria hybrid | Perennial | |
| | Shrubby Senna | Senna wislizeni | Medium shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Minature prickly pear | Tacinga inamoena | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Solar Flare® orange tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Pine cone cactus | Tephrocactus articulatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Mexican sunflower hybrid | Tithonia x Lagascea | Medium shrub | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona rosewood | Vauquelinia californica | Large shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Parish Goldeneye | Viguiera parishii | Small shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert zinnia | Zinnia acerosa | Small shrub | |
| | Little Golden Zinnia | Zinnia grandiflora | Small shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
